The crew of Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern’s job out of Port Clinton, Pennsylvania is preparing to get its U33B to the other end of its train just outside Mount Carmel Junction. The GE will move away from the cars and go through a facing-point switch into a siding. After the switch is aligned for the main, the cars will be drifted past the switch, allowing the U-boat to get on the other end before switching International Paper.
Once one of the most bustling areas of the country, the Coal Region of Central Pennsylvania holds many memories of heavy industries rooted deep in the depths of the Anthracite Coal veins.